Are you a peace-publisher?
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace, who brings good news of happiness… Isaiah 52:7
Lord God,
What a happy calling you have given us
as your church:
To bring good news,
to publish peace,
to bring good news of happiness,
to publish salvation,
to share the peace
that comes when “God reigns” (Isaiah 52:7).
We have long
longed for the peace
you made possible
through your King:
relief from every anxiety
about work, health, home, family,
joy in every effort
to bring beauty to broken places,
kindness and gentleness and forgiveness
in every difficult relationship,
flourishing throughout your earth.
As we worship you in our churches today,
empower and embolden us,
through the peace-producing work
of your Spirit,
to be people
who bring peace far and wide,
people who make peace known
in our lips and in our lives.
Amen.
Read Isaiah 52:1-10.
Get Elizabeth’s Advent devotional for free here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/34no8c805q.
